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DeltaWing to sport new look for 2013

March 3, 2013

The DeltaWing has gone from black to chrome for its 2013 racing look. The car will compete in the American Le Mans Series this year. Photo by DeltaWing Racing Cars

The DeltaWing is getting a new look. DeltaWing Racing Cars has revealed a livery featuring a chrome look for the DeltaWing powered by Elan, ahead of its first on-track test scheduled for March 6-7 at Road Atlanta.

After running a fully black livery with some yellow, then red trim on the roll hoop accents in 2012, the 2013 DeltaWing will take the grid with a chrome paint scheme. The new look includes red accents on the roll hoop and just behind the front tires.

“It just ties into the DeltaWing being such a unique, revolutionary car,” said Don Panoz, managing partner, DeltaWing Racing Cars. “I wanted something that represented that image. A shining, aggressive metal was what I thought of, and that was the chrome.”

The design went through several possible design ideas before settling on the chrome and red.

“I think this became apparent once we would be using Bridgestone tires,” said Panoz. “The only color they have outside of black is red. We wanted to keep it consistent. Before deciding on the chrome, I looked at brilliant reds or brilliant greens. We decided the chrome was the thing to keep it in line with Bridgestone and their colors.”

This is not the first time a Panoz race car has had this type color. The Panoz Esperante GTR-1 that raced in the late 1990s had a primarily silver background, as did the LMP1 Panoz Roadster-S run that premiered in 1999.